A web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. There are so
many web browser are available now for browsing internet. Users are used their best web browser for browsing internet as his or her choice. WorldWideWeb was the first well-known web browser in the world. Internet browsers play the most important role in internet world. After releasing of the Internet explorer the browsing problem will solved. Many users are used Internet Explorer because by default it is coming with operating system. Some other web browsers are discussed given below
Internet Explorer : Internet Explorer web browser was made by Microsoft and by default it will come with the windows operating systems.
Internet Explorer 8 is the current stable version of IE family. Internet Explorer 9 is released which have the capability to display HTML 5 elements, DOMParser, CSS3 support, web slices, download manager, enhanced tabbed browsing , search using the address bar, web font and Pinning functionality and lot more. It is only supported in Microsoft Windows
Google Chrome : In December 2008 Google Chrome was developed by Google. It is based on the WebKit layout engine and framework. It works on
Windows, Mac and Linux. For Microsoft Windows It was first released as a beta version. It is basically known for its faster start-up speed, fast loading time, simplicity, better security, extensions, inbuilt translator, Incognito mode (Private browsing) and theme supports. It includes an auto upgrade and a built in malware and phishing protection system, it also include chrome web store and language translator
Mozilla Firefox : Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed by the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation.
Firefox is the second most widely used web browser in the world. It has a good support like Add-ons support, customizations, private browsing mode, greater security, fastest browsing, open video and audio, instant website ID, built-in spell checker. It supports on Windows, Mac and Linux. Now Firefox is available for mobile device also
Opera : Opera is a web browser developed by Opera software. Opera supports downloading files via BitTorrent, chatting on IRC. It has so many
features like tabbed browsing, page zooming, speed dial, bookmarking, integrated download manager, etc. It works on Windows, Mac and Linux. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones
Safari : Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. It is widely used by Mac users. It works on Windows, Mac, iPad, iPod touch and iPhone. It has a
good feature like tabbed browsing, bookmark management, pop-up ad blocking, text search, spelling checking, expandable text boxes, etc
